7 U.S.C. § 1331 — Legislative finding of effect on interstate

Page 619 TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE § 1331 Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries INAPPLICABILITY OF SECTION Section inapplicable to 2014 through 2018 crops of cov- ered commodities, cotton, and sugar and inapplicable to milk during period beginning Feb. 7, 2014, through Dec. 31, 2018, see section 9092(a)(1) of this title. Section inapplicable to 2008 through 2012 crops of cov- ered commodities, peanuts, and sugar and inapplicable to milk during period beginning June 18, 2008, through Dec. 31, 2012, see section 8782(a)(1) of this title. Section inapplicable to 2002 through 2007 crops of cov- ered commodities, peanuts, and sugar and inapplicable to milk during period beginning May 13, 2002, through Dec. 31, 2007, see section 7992(a)(1) of this title. Section inapplicable to 1996 through 2001 crops of loan commodities, peanuts, and sugar and inapplicable to milk during period beginning Apr. 4, 1996, and ending Dec. 31, 2002, see section 7301(a)(1)(A) of this title. REPEALS Act Aug. 28, 1954, ch. 1041, title III, § 304, 68 Stat. 902, repealed this section insofar as it is applicable to corn. Section has been made applicable to wheat by sections 1330(6) and 1340(6) of this title. §§ 1327 to 1329. Omitted Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Sections provided for establishment of a commercial corn-producing area and corn acreage allotments, which were discontinued. See sections 1329a, 1444a, and 1444b of this title. Section 1327, acts Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title III, § 327, 52 Stat. 51; Aug. 28, 1954, ch. 1041, title III, § 304, 68 Stat. 903, provided for proclamation of commercial corn-pro- ducing area not later than February 1 of each year. Section 1328, acts Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title III, § 328, 52 Stat. 52; Apr. 7, 1938, ch. 107, § 6, 52 Stat. 202; July 3, 1948, ch. 827, title II, § 207(a), 62 Stat. 1257; Oct. 31, 1949, ch. 792, title IV, § 409(f), 63 Stat. 1057; Aug. 28, 1954, ch. 1041, title III, § 305, 68 Stat. 903, provided for establish- ment of acreage allotment of corn for each calendar year and proclamation of such acreage allotment not later than February 1 of each year. Section 1329, acts Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title III, § 329, 52 Stat. 52; Aug. 28, 1954, ch. 1041, title III, § 306, 68 Stat. 903, provided for apportionment of acreage allotment for corn. § 1329a. Discontinuance of acreage allotments on corn Notwithstanding any other provision of law, acreage allotments and a commercial corn-pro- ducing area shall not be established for the 1959 and subsequent crops of corn. (Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title III, § 330, as added Oct. 31, 1949, ch. 792, title I, § 104(b)(1), as added Pub. L. 85–835, title II, § 201, Aug. 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 994.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries INAPPLICABILITY OF SECTION Section inapplicable to 2014 through 2018 crops of cov- ered commodities, cotton, and sugar and inapplicable to milk during period beginning Feb. 7, 2014, through Dec. 31, 2018, see section 9092(a)(1) of this title. Section inapplicable to 2008 through 2012 crops of cov- ered commodities, peanuts, and sugar and inapplicable to milk during period beginning June 18, 2008, through Dec. 31, 2012, see section 8782(a)(1) of this title. Section inapplicable to 2002 through 2007 crops of cov- ered commodities, peanuts, and sugar and inapplicable to milk during period beginning May 13, 2002, through Dec. 31, 2007, see section 7992(a)(1) of this title. Section inapplicable to 1996 through 2001 crops of loan commodities, peanuts, and sugar and inapplicable to milk during period beginning Apr. 4, 1996, and ending Dec. 31, 2002, see section 7301(a)(1)(A) of this title. 1958 REFERENDUM FOR SELECTION OF ALTERNATIVE CORN PROGRAM; OPERATIVE STATUS OF CERTAIN PRO- VISIONS Corn producers voted for adoption of price support program as provided in section 1444a(b) of this title (254,262) rather than alternative corn acreage allotment and price support program (102,907), the ballot making operative sections 1329a and 1444b and repeal of section 1441(d)(4) of this title. § 1330. Omitted Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section, acts May 26, 1941, ch. 133, 55 Stat. 203; Dec. 26, 1941, ch. 626, § 2, 55 Stat. 860; Dec. 26, 1941, ch. 636, 55 Stat. 872; Aug. 29, 1949, ch. 518, § 3(b), 63 Stat. 676; July 14, 1953, ch. 194, § 3, 67 Stat. 151; Aug. 28, 1954, ch. 1041, title III, § 313, 68 Stat. 905, initially contained supple- mental provisions relating to wheat and corn mar- keting quotas; marketing penalty for cotton and rice; crop loans on cotton, corn, wheat, rice, tobacco, and peanuts, but was amended generally in 1954 to make it inapplicable to corn. See section 1340 of this title. Section was not enacted as part of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 which comprises this chapter. SUBPART III—MARKETING QUOTAS—WHEAT § 1331. Legislative finding of effect on interstate and foreign commerce and necessity of regu- lation Wheat is a basic source of food for the Nation, is produced throughout the United States by more than a million farmers, is sold on the country-wide market and, as wheat or flour, flows almost entirely through instrumentalities of interstate and foreign commerce from pro- ducers to consumers. Abnormally excessive and abnormally defi- cient supplies of wheat on the country-wide market acutely and directly affect, burden, and obstruct interstate and foreign commerce. Ab- normally excessive supplies overtax the facili- ties of interstate and foreign transportation, congest terminal markets and milling centers in the flow of wheat from producers to consumers, depress the price of wheat in interstate and for- eign commerce, and otherwise disrupt the or- derly marketing of such commodity in such commerce. Abnormally deficient supplies result in an inadequate flow of wheat and its products in interstate and foreign commerce with con- sequent injurious effects to the instrumental- ities of such commerce and with excessive in- creases in the prices of wheat and its products in interstate and foreign commerce. It is in the interest of the general welfare that interstate and foreign commerce in wheat and its products be protected from such burdensome surpluses and distressing shortages, and that a supply of wheat be maintained which is ade- quate to meet domestic consumption and export requirements in years of drought, flood, and other adverse conditions as well as in years of plenty, and that the soil resources of the Nation be not wasted in the production of such burden- some surpluses. Such surpluses result in disas- Page 620 TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE § 1332 trously low prices of wheat and other grains to wheat producers, destroy the purchasing power of grain producers for industrial products, and reduce the value of the agricultural assets sup- porting the national credit structure. Such shortages of wheat result in unreasonably high prices of flour and bread to consumers and loss of market outlets by wheat producers. The conditions affecting the production and marketing of wheat are such that, without Fed- eral assistance, farmers, individually or in co- operation, cannot effectively prevent the recur- rence of such surpluses and shortages and the burdens on interstate and foreign commerce re- sulting therefrom, maintain normal supplies of wheat, or provide for the orderly marketing thereof in interstate and foreign commerce. Wheat which is planted and not disposed of prior to the date prescribed by the Secretary for the disposal of excess acres of wheat is an addi- tion to the total supply of wheat and has a di- rect effect on the price of wheat in interstate and foreign commerce and may also affect the supply and price of livestock and livestock prod- ucts. In the circumstances, wheat not disposed of prior to such date must be considered in the same manner as mechanically harvested wheat in order to achieve the policy of the chapter. The diversion of substantial acreages from wheat to the production of commodities which are in surplus supply or which will be in surplus supply if they are permitted to be grown on the diverted acreage would burden, obstruct, and ad- versely affect interstate and foreign commerce in such commodities, and would adversely affect the prices of such commodities in interstate and foreign commerce. Small changes in the supply of a commodity could create a sufficient surplus to affect seriously the price of such commodity in interstate and foreign commerce. Large changes in the supply of such commodity could have a more acute effect on the price of the commodity in interstate and foreign commerce and, also, could overtax the handling, proc- essing, and transportation facilities through which the flow of interstate and foreign com- merce in such commodity is directed. Such ad- verse effects caused by overproduction in one year could further result in a deficient supply of the commodity in the succeeding year, causing excessive increases in the price of the com- modity in interstate and foreign commerce in such year. It is, therefore, necessary to prevent acreage diverted from the production of wheat to be used to produce commodities which are in surplus supply or which will be in surplus supply if they are permitted to be grown on the di- verted acreage. The provisions of this subpart affording a co- operative plan to wheat producers are necessary in order to minimize recurring surpluses and shortages of wheat in interstate and foreign commerce, to provide for the maintenance of adequate reserve supplies thereof, to provide for an adequate and orderly flow of wheat and its products in interstate and foreign commerce at prices which are fair and reasonable to farmers and consumers, and to prevent acreage diverted from the production of wheat from adversely af- fecting other commodities in interstate and for- eign commerce. (Feb. 16, 1938, ch. 30, title III, § 331, 52 Stat. 52; Pub. L. 87–703, title III, § 310, Sept. 27, 1962, 76 Stat. 618.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1962—Pub. L. 87–703 provided additional findings re- specting the addition of wheat to total supply of wheat and effect of such addition on price of wheat and supply and price of livestock and livestock products, the need to prevent the use of acreage diverted from wheat pro- duction to produce other commodities in surplus supply and the consequences of a small or large change in the supply of a commodity and the necessity of a coopera- tive plan to wheat producers to provide for flow of wheat at fair and reasonable prices to farmers and con- sumers and to prevent diverted acreage from produc- tion of wheat from adversely affecting other commod- ities in interstate and foreign commerce. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1962 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 87–703 effective only with re- spect to programs applicable to crops planted for har- vest in calendar year 1964 or any subsequent year and marketing years beginning in calendar year 1964, or any subsequent year, see section 323 of Pub. L. 87–703, set out as a note under section 1301 of this title. INAPPLICABILITY OF SECTION Section inapplicable to 2014 through 2018 crops of cov- ered commodities, cotton, and sugar and inapplicable to milk during period beginning Feb. 7, 2014, through Dec. 31, 2018, see section 9092(a)(1) of this title. Section inapplicable to 2008 through 2012 crops of cov- ered commodities, peanuts, and sugar and inapplicable to milk during period beginning June 18, 2008, through Dec. 31, 2012, see section 8782(a)(1) of this title. Section inapplicable to 2002 through 2007 crops of cov- ered commodities, peanuts, and sugar and inapplicable to milk during period beginning May 13, 2002, through Dec. 31, 2007, see section 7992(a)(1) of this title. Section inapplicable to 1996 through 2001 crops of loan commodities, peanuts, and sugar and inapplicable to milk during period beginning Apr. 4, 1996, and ending Dec. 31, 2002, see section 7301(a)(1)(A) of this title. Pub. L. 101–624, title III, § 303, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3400, provided that: ‘‘Sections 331 through 339, 379b, and 379c of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1331 through 1339, 1379b, and 1379c) shall not be applicable to the 1991 through 1995 crops of wheat.’’ Pub. L. 99–198, title III, § 310(b), Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1395, provided that: ‘‘Sections 331, 339, 379b, and 379c of such Act [the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938] (7 U.S.C. 1331, 1339, 1379b, and 1379c) shall not be applica- ble to the 1986 through 1990 crops of wheat.’’ Pub. L. 97–98, title III, § 303, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1227, provided that: ‘‘Sections 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 338, 339, 379b, and 379c of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 [this section and sections 1332, 1333, 1334, 1335, 1336, 1338, 1339, 1379b, and 1379c of this title] shall not be applicable to the 1982 through 1985 crops of wheat.’’ Pub. L. 95–113, title IV, § 404, Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 927, provided that: ‘‘Sections 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 338, 339, 379b, and 379c of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended [this section and sections 1332, 1333, 1334, 1335, 1336, 1338, 1339, 1379b, and 1379c of this title], shall not be applicable to the 1978 through 1981 crops of wheat.’’ Pub. L. 91–524, title IV, § 404(1), Nov. 30, 1970, 84 Stat. 1366, as amended by Pub. L. 93–86, § 1(11), Aug. 10, 1973, 87 Stat. 229, provided that this section is not applicable to 1971 through 1977 crops of wheat. § 1332. National marketing quota (a) Proclamation; duration of program Whenever prior to April 15 in any calendar year the Secretary determines that the total